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dihen,

"Mr. Dixon" the Windmill study Joint venture Reed named Ames’real educator The ,ou.h spa<’eur ,. ’0 a o,n,Configured like half of a k,tchen ltalian-Umted States cooperation pro- Energy ManagerAclor and educator Lloyd Haynes

"Mr Dixon"’ of the television series"Room 222" visited Ames on Tues-

day, February’ i2 with a group ot 14nuf~ority high school students who

belong to a O-month-old program

designed and originated by Haynesentitled [’dtlcation l’hrough A~iationi ETA ).

The group and Haynes flew lrom

Los Angeles and were greated by Colonet

Alfred M Worden. Systems StLldies Divi-

.~Jon ChieL who was their hosl lot the

do). Tile) arrived at noon and ]lcade.(]

fur lhe Ame~ calclerJa to ell :lJld corn-pile their aHernoon schedule AFter

luilch the} proceeded to the S~,SIPJllS

Studies c~nlererlce reonq tO see a fllln on

Apollo 15 (ohmeJ Worden discus,~cd

Apolle 15 preparaliuns and requirementsfrenl a]’l aslrnnau l’s poin l ()~ view

tither spokesn/en were also presest;Willie Whige Jr.. Chief tl] FEn. accom

punted by hib assb.lan[ A~a Johnsen. pro+

senlcd inlornlation ~m lhe dilferelH

hpe~ of programs al Ames designed to

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mixer, a new windmill at LangleyResearch Center may one day suppl)

auxiliary power for the average housepower thai is both inexpensive and

nonpotluting.

Called a vertical axis wmdmill, lhedevice resembles half an egg beater and

it’s based on a principle that was ftrst

patented in 1927. Two blades, cur~ed

like hunting hows, are attached at lop

and bottom to a vertical shaft This cir-

cular configuration is atop a simple gearsystem and a generator that ~,onverts

wind power into eieclrical energy

The tunney windmill is ~ocated

alop a two-stor} building about 50 ft

above the ground.

kangle~,~ proj:cl Io}lows a ~tud3

ntadc JaM su[l’mler h) intuit) rescarcher~,irom Wes~ Virginia UsiverMt},. The}

came to Langley looking aor ideas on

how tc~ adapl space technolog3 to the

problems ol rural housisg in AppalachiaMan) pos~ibi~iHes were considered.

mciuding ’,om¢ kmd of ~md powerenergy Sotlrc~.

Report on Pioneer 10 & 11"Ihc Jupiter Ptlnl.k’cr> art’ conllntting

t(~ estcnd outward the [Lrnits of exi’,lored

space

Pioneer 10 no<s i’, bO mdlicm kilo-meters 137 nlil[ion Inilesl be* ond Jupi-

ter. ;arid Pioneer 1] is CtnllplcDng lhest.cond lrip through lbc Asleroid Belt

~aound Irlp conlmunlCatlons, tlnlC

Jbclni Ihc l arlll to Pk’meer iO and back,

al 1he speld o~ Iighl iiaMeM ~.peed po~

sil)Jel has flow nlCl"t’aNt’d t(! all tlE~tlr :Ind

42 nlin Li [~.’S

()11 I)lont2cj i I I &Ill S)’S[¢.’lll ~, contirlUk~

~o rnn well. Pioneer I I will reach Juplte:

ncx~ December 5. and ma) then go on to

Saturn

The Pioneer t0 meteoroid deleclor

has experienced two hits since leaving

Jupiter This suggesls abonl the ~,ame

concentratmn of the tiny. higt>veloctt~.dust particles be)ond Jupiter as Pioneer

~ound betwcen lhe outer edge ol the

Asteroid Bell and Jupiter

Pionct.r ]0 con[lnue~ IO ~LlnC[I(H]

well r]lc imno~ changes n? stnacect<llt

",?,sirras caused t~) pa~,~.age fllrOL@l Jupi-

~ee"~ intense radianon hehs now ha~c

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PIONEER 10 AND 11 PosfrlONS FEBRUARY 15, 1974

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(Datn GMT}

gram In {nvestigaie the upper atmo-

sphere in the equatorial region was

launched aboard a scout rocket trom anIndian Ocean platlorm three miles off

the coast of Kenya. Africa, around

February 18The l~alian-buflt spacecraft. San

Marco C-2. carries an Ralian accelerom-

eter to measure a~mospheric drag, andlwo L S mass spectrometers in study

neuIral conceIHrating composition andtemperatures from 228km {137milesl

above the equator (perigeel io 850km

~Sl0’milesi above the eqt~aler It will

circle Earti~ ever3 (45 minutes at an

indinaUon of 2o degree~ to the equator

Tile Sail Marco projecl ,aas jointly

managed by tile Centro Ricerci~e Aero-

spaziali iCRA? dew Univen.lta DegliStudi di Rp Roma IAero:,pace Re,catchCemer of die Universit 3 ot Romel ]ta]).

and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight

(’enter

Verlin D. Reed has recently been

appointed Energy Manager for Ames

by Center Director Dr. Hans Mark.

Heed will assume the responsibility

from Robert E. Eddy for the di-

rection of the Center’s energy con-

servation program. He will also

have cognizance over alI Center

activities related to contracts for

the supplying of energy to the Cen-

ter; he will integrate the activities

of all elements of the Center in

energy contract negotiations and he

will serve as teehnieaI monitor for

Minority recruitingThe presenl NASA budgel prestap

pose~, a stabilization of lhc Agency’s

Civil See, ice work force and should of}re

tile ~lpportunit?, R)r the hiring of a lim-ited number of June ~ollege graduate:,.

Anticipating this opportunil?.. Ame,, hasheen given the job of college recruiting

lot bc~tb tt:e Center and in the the west-

era slates, lot N,Sat ;is a whole and w:t~

be responsible for covermg tlniversitle,,and coliege~, in lbb area Recruiting

efforts ~,’il] concelltraIe on identifaing

candidate:, for entr?.-le~e} posilions m

Engineermg, selected t>hy~Jcal and Lilt.Sciences. and a_dmiiliSliation A major

~aceI of the recruilir?g drive wiJ] be In

de~eh~p ~,ources ol qnaltfied nqnortt).and wenlen professionals T]lc 3rUleS

recruihng leanl will be conlposed of per-

sonnel reprcsenlhlg :ill Center organiza-tions and representative pro~essiona~

vocalions

Adddiocal inlorrnatien concernmgthis college recruiting activil) may be

chromed b3 contactingArmando Lopez.

Extensan~ 55t+8, or Jeanetle Reminglon.

Extension 51)09

Pioneer 10team honored

The NASA Ames-TRW Syslenls

Pioneer 10 leant has been selected torccei*e Ibe Ndson l ) Jackson Aerospace

Award for 10":4 b.s the National Space

Chill Tile award wilt be presented at lhu

Ckib’s Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner

which will take plaice on March g at the

WaMm~gton Hilton Hotel m Washing-ton, I) C Charles F Hall, Project

Pioneer Manager. will accept lhc award

or the NASA Antes Pioneer 10 Team

all energy contracts unless some

ot~er individual is explicitly iden-

tified.

Reed, a native of Boswell, In-

dianna, graduated from Purdue Un-

iversity in aeronautical engineering.

He served with the USAF as a

Bomber Pilot durmg World \~,ar II.

In t948 Reed came to Ames when it

was part of NACA. He worked in

la’~e 12-foot wind tunnel as an aero-

nautical engineer until 1956 when

he transferred to the ll-foot Tran-

sonic Wind Tunnel Branch of the

Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels. In 1963

he became Chief of the Experimental

Investigations Branch within the

Aeronautics Division which con-

tained the consolidation of eight

wind tunnels at Ames.

in October of 1971 Reed was

named to work with the NASA Mil-

itary Aircraft Program Office. The

immediate objective of his new as-

signment was to assist the b:.S.

Air Force in the development of

the new B-1 supersonic strategic

aircraft. As the NASA B-1 ~ystems

Program clffiee (Sen} representa-

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Fellow eomplooyees share energyThe "Energy Crisis" has at- to to work with one other emp

feeted each of us in at least oneway or ahether recently, tt has

become increasingly difficult to ob-

tain gasoline without waiting in longlines on either an "even" or an"odd" day. It is time for each of us

to do our part in helping to allevi-ate the "energy crunch."

Various buildings were visited

last week by representatives fromthe "Astrogram" in an effort toquestion at random employees on

what they are personally doing tohelp conserve energy, Here are afew ideas from fellow Ames employ-ees:

Nadine Kuhllaaann, Personnel

Manager. states, "I’m now ridingtc and from work with my Division

Chief two days a week. My husbandand I are not traveling as far as we

used to on weekends. We are turn-ing down the lights at home. And

Nadine tiuhZmann

each time I go to the grocery storel can’t help but think tat the openfreezers in all the grocery stores

throughout the country are reallymisused when it comes to conser-vation. There must be a way to

install covers for those freezersand cut down on the energy needed

to cool the food and warm the

store!"

Nanny Bouchet

Nancy Bouchet, Ames Reception-

i st, claims, ’ %Ve’ve turned down ourheat at home and 1 now ride to workin a small car pool. I am definitelydriving less and when I have an

several errands so 1 can make the

trip once. t use a quilt instead of an

electric blanket and I am readingmore instead of watching T.V. andfinally, 1 don’t cook--- somebodyelse does!’~

!"

Isince we come in a pick-up). I usethe fireplace more than the furnace.

Lee Stoller, Chief of TechnicalServices Division, states, "I’m ina car pool with 3.2 people! In myoffice here at work 1 am saving 720

Louis J. Flcres

Louis d. Fierce, i model maker,states, "We have cut down on thenumber of lights we use at home.We run our dishwasher only once

a day at the most and rarely usethe self-cleaning oven. (Strangely

enough, however, our PG&E billis higher than ever!) My wife is

riding the bus to work whereas sheused to drive."

Steven Beisley, Deputy Director

of Development, says, "At home

durmg the day we keep our furnaceat 68 degrees; in the evening weturn it down to 65 degrees. 1 amof course using the car as little

as possible and if 1 could figurenut which way the ball is going tocounce I’d buy a new ca~’. I drivea nine year old Chevy now. i mayeven convert to a VW if I can find

one reasonable priced, f think theimportant thing is for us all to justminimize.~’

Richard Lee

Richard Lee of \ircraftServicessays, "1 drive less now and 1 come

Lee Stollar

watts! At home we are going tobuild a clothes line and scrap our

dryer, it’s a start anyway! (Is thatenough?}:

Fred StyZes

Fred Styles, Staff Assistant to theDeputy Director, answers, "My

family is walking a lot more thanever before. We walk to the store

frequently to get groceries and alsoto the library eta. We have naturallyturned down the heat and keep more

lights off. The children now vie forthe opportunity to be "Energy Con-

servation Manager of the Week,"which runs a close second to "TableSetter" and "Table Clearer" job

slots! Energy ConservationManagertasks include keeping as few lightsin the house on an possible, un-

plugging the fish tank filter as oftenas possible and turning the hamstercage heater lower or off in someeases.~

Robert Tibbets, a model maker,claims, ’q have been riding my bi-cycle quite a bit. At home we try to

follow the various suggested re-commendations we read in the news-

Robert Tibbetts

paper. ~

Three more model makers fromthe Ames machine shop have solile

energy-saving suggestions.:Raymond R. Thomma states,

"We do as llluch as we can at home

to help conserve energy. 1 reallydo think there is a crisis. I spend

a lot of time in the Feather Rivercanyon area and have spoken with

PG& E people m that area. They tell

me there is really an energ,

shortage. And last October the stateof Washington was hit pretty hard.\Ve were up there then and therewas quite of lot of cut back in high-

way lighting for example, tfere inthe shop we’ve cut off 27 out of 40some odd overhead light fixtures."

Edward Gan states, l"l have al-ways encouraged my children toturn off the lights when they leave’

a room. l like to ski a lot and no~instead of driving my car to themountains 1 go by bus---usuall3

with the Ames Ski Club group. 1tried to join a car pool through

the computer but there is no on~.’close to my home who works m>

swing shirt hours."Conclusion: Everyone agree-~

that we must all work together t~

cut back and avoid an even tighterenergy crisis! Many employees ar’~

already sick and tired ofhearingth~phrase "energy crisis" and sic(this is the case it is time for acrid,=7

and a true energy conservation push!

II. IItl ] L

"vln,n: MR1. IL~J{tl,, ~-

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The real educator (Continued from Page]l~lp man~ studellts ~anl expericilcu ill

v.urk re’,ponsibility and education (

,,vvrtsou Ames" Deputy Oireetur. also

u briel sulrunar}, of the overall workioIle ~tt AIIICS

The highlight .1 the das wasa tour

Ames facilities b~ Alne~," ~oIItra~t

gu/de David Wilson ]he studvnt~

~erc especkdl~ interested m seeing the

HrcraIt that Ame:, i~ currently workmg

~itltttaynes" ETA progran] Is essentially

]cSigllcd t(I mi)tivatc mmc>rity high

.hoot students to learll the vfl]Lle Of edLl-

dtNnl: tile nlo[iv3lJon ]S ell Jlted b~,’

IOd!] ~, 0[" aviatit)n instruction..~Iudentb

rllolt in tilt’ class by conlaclill~ their

i!:h school career centers. Most high

chool distrlels within Los Angeles

have iulornlatlon on EIA and:ill gbe anywhere Irom 2-1:2 to 5 units

high school class credit to an enrollee

class is 12 weeks long aI~(1 meetsday-, a week at Santa Monica Airport

groulqd schooI instruction and peruric hour of flying time

lhe only requirement lot I’IA

]rollslent is a willingness to learn and a

cad) aHetidanc~. If a Mudcnt is absent

3 days or mere llu:shr is eligible f:~r

!}t erll’dnation

The L]A program depcnd~ on pri-

vate citizens volkleleering th,:ir ow11 lime

and pri~a~c plane5 to takv.lhc stadenT>flying. Thus li~r Ha>nor has had a great

deal ol coopcralion from tile SLirrokmd-

ins county rebld¢]?t~

The class thai visited Ame~ on lucs-da)iy tilt’ third ~]A cliss Ncar[) every

one of the 14-.tadent:, currentf 3 enrc)lledhas experienced tin inlprovernent au hlb

her class grades at school.

Pla) nes has feund thai u’,iat+on ~> an

intrigues area tu ~llc ’,cull] ol ltydil) it

sgernh le Sllll3tllate [hch miltd~ alld pro-

nlole ai] taBu’Fliers I0 ]u’arn Aerospace is

here to ,,ta b and Hayne.. siate:~. "Our

goal is t~+ have aerospace education iT?

ever:, high school."

Aerospace molJvale,, STL~dcn[’, to

learn h Iurl]s ~ItldentN on ,and teaches

them that acquired knowledge and

thenr) ula). be practicall5 apphedtothc

realworid ]tabne:,leelsstmriglythat the

sooner slLdenls arc "turtlcd {Ill +’ tO edll-

cation {through avaation!l ttw more

dlallc¢ cduc:.HOTN ~’i[I have Io kvep those

>(lllths of’l the ~lreet~ and in Ille class

rooms ~.tl high ~chooln. iLinlor colleges.

<dleee.~ and LI niVeFSl l It’5

(Continued from Page 11

lye Reed was the primary contact

Or NASA personnel who hada "need

know" about any elements of the

Brogram. He coordinated all]kS.\ activities in suppori of the

i-1 program. Reed worked full time

the B-I SPt) office at Rockwell

ternational Aircraft plant in Los

lgeles, tie recently returned to

Experimental Investigations

Reed says he is pleased to have

named Ames’ Energy Manager.

:l recent interview he slatted, "1

looking forward to the oppor-

of obtaining solutions to

~ergy shortages and familiarizing

and the Center to the re-

lations being established to cope

th these shorktges prior to their

coming a crisis and a restriction

Center fuaetions and scientific

Pioneer 10 & 11(Continued from Page i)

either disappeared, or arc hating n(~effect on perforElaT~CC ()/it of Pie

liter IO’s Cosmic ra} iltNtrlUTGt’~lD; nLil"

fercd some los.+, el Inr~tion~ in tllc radNIlion Suet. /~l~d experlnlen~cl~ HO%~ i~re

assessliig the ~CFLOLISTleS5 of the prob~e[n

wdh tills inslrllnleDI

Pioneer controllers 1]o~ /fit’ taking

nlettsllre> hi an/ictpale po*,sible ]c)~,se~, irl

MIIIst’n’~or .lu’u’I]TLIC~, (’tlrrel][]} as ",C’ell

Item Pioneer I(] tilt’ .glen} ant{ lhc [ :lr|h

are ahn(IM on;i line

(hi Felmmrv 18. dee [:arlh ;Is seenlIoJ’n Pioneer I(} passed direcd~ t~ehind

Ilie ~.ln. ~o special t’xperinlt’nts wcrc

planned lot thp, palmier

Pioneer I1 has so her eM~ericncedeight hds on its meleroid detect(n b)

high-recoil} lncteoioids ill 1he Aslercdd

Bell

Plonl:er I l m~v. is 4 l(~ rail}ion nlilc>f}om tile liarlh and i~ traveling along II~

billion kilumeh.~ flight path at

7mOO0 nlpti.

Janet Carson-Budget AnalystFor the past five years the state of

California has had a surplus of well quali-

fied credentialed teachers who have

never taught because of the limited num-ber of positions available, in both the

primary and the secendar} grade levels.Though Budget Analyst Janet Carson is

one of many Ames empio,vee~, who fall

into this teacher category, she is a person

whe has found a great de:d of sat/sfac-

tiou in her work here at Ames for nearly

three year:,.In a brief inter¢icw two week> ago.

Janet stated. "Though 1 was trained andschooled to, be a teacher, the teaching

field origmalJy appealed to me becaus,:

of the variety it offered [ have found

that "variety’ ingredient m my presentwork at Ames and I thoroughly enloy

it."

In addition to wantmg variety m a

job. Janet personally requires that a job

M]ows her to learn and grow Hercarrent

budget analyst work fulfills These

recltllremenls

There is a constant learning process.involved ;is she takes on more and more

responsibility

Janet works basically with R&D!Research and De~elopmenti operations

She keeps records el funds which come

nlto the Center and Iilo:~t- funds that

Ames sends t~ other (’enters She alsu

handle, reinlbursable funds that Ames

recePen ITem ()tiler governmenl and non-go~er!~lnent agencies,. All iob order

reCltleSIS are routed threugh Janct~

office She doe’> ~olne centplement truck-

Ins Janet is current> m~ohed with ptH-

tiug toge~.her Program Operating Plans

!POPsi. and inlpulting annual budgetinfoTI11a[]en I!][o cumputer reports

To hasten the learning proce:,s Ja]lel

is ustiail~, el]roiled n: ut le4st om evcnmg

c[as> This current ",choo] semester b the

first scmcs~er lhat Silo ~> not dixing iP1h~,,ant,: bnsmens or art c/as>. She ~eLt slic

needed arcM! Jancl and her lull, band

howe~er, arc keeping bus> b$ remodel

rig the kitchen in theii new ]8-year old

home nl Santa Clara ~hich lhe) boughta ’,ear and a half ago Jarlct enio?.,~

proieets ,,Lath Ax Ihcsc especially once

tb.e~, arc col!lpleled{ Sllv >a}.:, "’]I ~11a~,

look as though lhe end will ncxer come

Inlil c~entnallx il dee~ ~d tht:t~ :ill the

disrtlplh!n ;ind ~ OIl~ttSiOT~ qecn] we]]

x~olth the e~n~r~ IL%CF}Olle shotl~d

replace hi’. kitchen >ink and tilc al Icat,l

once iH ncededtl hs rcall) ~,tnnelhingelse’ ~i eL{If ne~.cr do e* agavl hctl }(ILl’~[

bc ghld )OtI’VC had lhc vxl?erlCllCe ""

Janel al}d ]ler likes>and ll)et ill then

home Town of Lodi. California. ThoughJanel W;P, borll iP. San Jose. she greY, tiFtn Lode and v.¢nt [I) +~;ln Joaqum D¢It~

Junior Cclllcgc wheru ".he rccei’,cd hcl

AA degree m I-] 2 $~ar~ She trails

l’-+rred Io Sacranlen[o Stare for one

scme~ler and a sLlmnlcr She then mar

ned her husband and mined to Fre~m~where she attendt’d Fresno Stab: Univer-sil? and graduated alter or~e year with a

BA in Social Science and a prmNonal

teaches credential By carrymg a l’nll

load of units tl,R or *(~1 each semester

and taking evenl[lg and sLnnn]er :,chool

chl%st-s. Janet inanagcd to graduate Iron?college in 3 sears rather than lhc norma~

4 y ear~,

IA:i~h Janet’~ husband hl the armed

iOFCeM t]l~ + couple moved 1o Texas where

Janet worked at Fur1 Hood and tonkgraduate classes When the} moved back

to Caliiornia, Janet recei’,ed her lilt

primao leaching credential from SanJose State and lhen came to work at

Janet ha-, a number oi outside in[cr-

ct, I:~ nhK’h arc basicalP~ centered aroLlnd

the arts Sh~ vn.lo} s oralt* ,,Ltch L~s :leedlc-

peinl, embroider\ ,,ex~ing. crcv+cL, ctuill

{~lg kniltillg, talcing and crochelmg in

addition ~!lm pla)> lhe pianc~, clot", ,,Olin2

painling, and pra.tlces Interior d,’~ign’Ailh the renLdtS tq hot crall eitort~!

]ogcthc’r. Jarlcl and her ]ltlsb~llld <’hie)

canlpIHg and Ira~c[J]lg LOCLII!~. Iht’}

c’,peciaL]) iikc to) camp il’t ~)~elT1]te

"I~h¢}. ha;c tr;~%cled u\tel/M%c~} x>>i;hln

the [ I/lied ~K~tc-~ il]i ~tUl, cll[P;ttio~! I)lt

the ~ e~,Icr~l and nnd-%~ c>tvF]I -.tatc~.

Janel ]> ,l ~alcntcd ,uld cnihuM:~>li~

).oELng ~tunan eil]plo) t:~- ~AIh~ ~nio ~.~ 31!

a~ti~c ~i!’c 4]~d a challenging carter Ld:~.nics

New Space film% neu fihn that lakes a dillerenl

~ook :il hey. man has benefited Irtnn ths

billions npent in die -,pace proglan~ i>

no~ at:alia>It ~ilheul charge for use b)%CP,’ICC ¢)l-ganiza[[on.~ school<. 4nd olhcr

conulltlln T) ere)lip>

l’hc ~2-11tillUtc’ color ~i[nh "A t~t3nl

Slep in (’onununicciti~ui~/" tcll~ the ~Ior)

~:t dedicated, but ~itlLJ;d]) unrecognized.

grollnd-Mipp~)rl per~onllef alid the ,.orlln~unicaTioll~ dnd control techllolog~e$th% periecled le prelect aMrUtlaUtS HI’,pace and bring nKixin]lL~n scientific

~aitle ~ ri$11/ e,ich !lll~,~don

Plodllced [clJ Phil.o-Ford (’orpora-

titln, the r!/o~.le crcdJt~ die -.pacc pro¸

gl;l!17 ~ith de~u’h~pnlg nc’.~ nl¢lilc~d, aud

and ~a n:d; ZiPlg in!~rl~/:itit)31, and ioi

rcsp~lndd/~ ~nM3r!t/) tt~ i’:l~t titanS]rig ,wi

dMli, Ldl slltHihol~Ptlnl~ tdth( ](~-InP?] !iim. ""A (;<trlt

S[2p I]] (~nnnLInlCLll/O]2 ~, "" u;irl [~i." t~cl]-

rowcd b) *~llting h! Fiht! liSt:it} Ford

MOtOr (’onlparl). Thu’ :~.nlcrlc~M1 I)earborn. Mich 4g121

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AIAA-ARCGalileo

MemorialScholarshipAmes Research Center and the San

Franci,<o Section o[ the American Im, ti-

lute oI Acronau0cs and Astronautics are

bponsoring u sdltflarship progranl as anieulorial to the men wh(~ perMzcd itq

the April 12. 1073. accident ot

"Galileo l.’"

Roy Adkms, Northrop Corp

Frank J. Brasmer, NASA AmesHerbert V Cro~,s, NASA Ame~

Gacton P. Faraone. NASA Ames

Ernest Forslow. Tekdync

Jame~ F Renlmgton. NASA Ames

James P. Riley. NASA Alrte~

Clayton Robinson. Norfllrop Corp.

Bryce Sorenson. "lekdyne

Phil[ip R Wilcox. NASA Ames

John W Yusken. NASA Aincx

At least one S500 scholarship will be

awarded annuall~, to a high school senior

seeking a career in engineering, mathe-

matics, or the physical or natural

sciences. Over 60 applications /lave beenreceived for the first scholarship to be

awarded in May of this year.

The AIAA San Francisco Section iscurrently co~tducting a drive to raise a

$10,000 trust fund to help support thescholarship program. Tax deductible

contribt~tions to the AIAA/ARC GaIileo

Schnlarship Fund may be mailed to Mr

John MacKay. Mail Stop 233-10

Fellowship & shareEach "[ursday 11145-!230! we

gather m ~onference room [02 of build-ing 237. We meet in order to fellowship

and ~o share with one another concern-

ins real life situations For us. answers toproblems that we all face have beenrevealed to L~s through jesus Christ We

want everyone to be included in this

Come and bring your kinch Relax and

]earn with us ]l you have qnestion:,

regarding these meeting>, do’not hesitate

to call lhewey Hodges. coordinator, al

5835 or 946-0340 leveningM

Update your fileEmployees are reminded to be cer-

tain that their qualifications, special

trahling, and education achievements are

a matter of record in their Official Per-

sonnel Folder in the Records and

Reports Branch In addition, employeeswho are presently participating or ha’,e

participated in activities, such as Federal

Executive Boards. Federal Execulive

Associations, Federal Business Associa-tions, or other interagency sen, ice and

volmllary community services should

periodically supplement their Official

Personnel Folder to assure that these

activities are given proper recognition inevaluating employee performance, pro-

motion potential, and qualificationsSupplemental reformation should

be forwarded to the Records and

Reports Branch in the form ofa SF 172

to Mail Stop 241-5.

SpeakersBureau

Guy Ferry (P~anetary Science and Appli-

cations Branch) presented a Skyhb pro-

gram for the members of the MartinezRotary at their meeting on February 6.

LL, Col, Alfred WoMen (Chief, Systems

Studies Divisionl addressed the students

in the Ames/Foothill Junior College Dis-

trict’s Work Engagement Program onFebruary 19. He talked about both his

Apollo 15 experiences and the future of

NASA

George Holden (Chief, SimuLationExperiments Branch) updated the inem-

hers of the Cupertino Rotary on the

latest accomplishments of NASA at the

club’s meeOng on February 27

Eugene Jesse tPioneer Project} discussed

the Pioneer spacecraft and gave an over-view of the P{oneer-Jupiter missiom at

an open lecture on February 28 at Sau

Erancisco State University. The {ecturc

was sponsored by the student eugineer-

ins group at the university.

Jinl Rogers IFlight Operation~ Branchi

traveled to Stockton on February 25 to

address the Navy League of Stockton

Jdn talked to the group about the Sky-lab program

On February --.’4 Barbara Busch (Educa-

tional Programs Officel talked about

NASA and Scooting at a Cub Scout Blue

and (;old Dimmer in Sunnyvale. On

February 5 Barbara talked to the

Sonoma County Council of the Na~,

League at its nleeting in Santa Rosa+ tler

presentation, which dealt with Ames"

acconlpfishments in research, was deliv-

ered under somewhat unusual circum-stances a wind storm caused a power

failure in Santa Rosa just moments

before Barbara’s speech, so she made tilepresentation hy candlelight!

John Wollr {Pioneer Project Scientist

and Chief. Space Physics Branch~ will betile banquet speaker at the East Bay

Astronomica~ Society’s annual meeting

on March 9. in the Oakland area Johnwill discuss the scientifiu results of the

PioneerJupiter I 0 mission.

Jeanetle Remington < Personne~ Division I

talked ’to the business lngIish class of

Monta Vista l|igh School on Eeb-

runty 21 about CMI Service employment

and careers in NASA.

BOWLING

Need good exercise during the sum-mer vacation? Well here’s your chance.

The Summer League Bowling will

be held on Tuesday evenings beginningat 615 p.m. with warm ups. A meeting

to select teanl captains will be held

March 5 during the noon hour in the

cateteria.Additional information may be

obtained by contacting Billy Allure

ext. 5674.

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MISSING Carousel Slide ProNctor.

Eastman Kodak. Serial No 160357.

Ames Dec& No 42590. Anyone knng-

ing its whereabouts please call LeaDodge. Est. 5355. Projector was keptin

Room 118, B]dg 202.

Special offerThe SAN JOSE COMMUNITY

CONCERT ASSO(’IAT]ON extends fla

offer to you to.loin the association inibIO74-75 season Concerts by Lilt Keats

world renowned pianist, the Roya~ Welsl

Choir. the Festival Orchestra of Buen0i

Aires. and Six Stars of the Ballet will be

presented Memberships lor the entlr~

season cost $1000 for adtdls. $5.00 f,.r

children. No single performance lickcb

are available Contact Bob Reuttc32"L6463. or cxtensio~ 5323: l)i:iBarnoski. Otq-4#t~7, or extension 53s-

or Dave Brother. 377 0345. or exten~i<’:5324. for tickets or more iniormatv’:~

Don’t miss this opportundy to attestthese excellent concerts through il32

Community Concerl Association, a ~e

unteer, nonprofit organization.

Attention veteran,’Veterans Affairs Counselors Im~:

l)eAnza (’ollege will hc at Antes on 11K"day’. March 5 from 12noon to I p~

Employees who have quesOons conecr~

ing their veterans benefits nlay cnmc [~

room 147 in building 241 |Training ~>:

Special Programs Branch). .~

"Thank you"Dear Friends:

I want to thank all of you for lh~

’+Leaves" on the Money Tree that ~’-’

given to me Friday, Feb ]st And I walyou to know there were a lol of tllei~i

have big plans for this tree.

Thank you so very much.

ica tabL

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for

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VO FE

15 1974

Dean ChapmanReorganization Ames awarded Area EmmyAstronautics of NASA

Dr. Dean Chapman, Chief of

the Thermo- and Gas-Dynamics

Division has been named Director

of Astronautics at the Center.Jte succeeds Mr. (;Ion Goodwin

,ai> is ret~ring after 30 years service ’0,,jill

the National Aeronautics and Space

AdminJstratiol].In his ne~ pt~d. Dr. Chapman will

~ldllll[UMer organization<~ doing researc]]

~,~ compL~tational :~nd cxpcrin!enla] l].tHd

!:~echanics tbcrlnal protection, matcli:L},.

~CbJICd phy4ica] gas dyTta]nics. LHld la’,er

r,:-.earch: as ~etl as in ad~alJccd the’lineal

zq~p]i~J[iOllS, ear[J/ :,clellc¢ app]lcallo~}~

;t~rhorne science, astr~ph?>sic.,, planetar3

v. tcnc¢ appJicatiom.. ’,pact’ p}Dsl:-., and

t}leorelica} slud ies.

.TheGove,.no,.sAwardRichard tt. Rector notified the

Public .\flairs (:ffiee on Wednesday.

.March 6, that the Governors A~ard

will be presented to Am~s "for its

outstanding contributions to the Sci-

ence of television technology for its

work on Pioneer 10 and the Jupiter

remote telecast,Deeember 3, 1973."

Rector }s President of 1"he Na-

tional Academy of Television Arts

and Sciences’ Sam Franc}see

Chapter.

Charles I". Hall. Pioneer Project

Manager, will accept the award on

behalf of the Pioneer 10 Team at

a formal diuner on March :?3 at the

Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Fran-

cisco. The :\tea Award Program wilt

be broadcast live on KTVU, Channel

2, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m, that even-

ing, Hall is expected to give a brief

response citing contributions el the

Pioneer Team, particularly on be-

half of Dr. Thomas GeErels, Prin-

ciple Investigator for the Imaging

Photopolarimete r Expemment on

Pioneer 10.

So far as ts known, Ames ~s the

only center to have won a television

emmy award. It acknowledges the

technical feat of displaying in real

time TV images of Jupiter last

Decem-ber 3,"Phe Board of Governors Awards

fee this Chapter Area Award Emmy

must be for truly outstanding ~nd

umque accomplishments.

~olulions The higher the dectdcal con-

dnclivit~ tile nmre sai~ there is present

Ite a~so meamres eleme~m. ~i(llil~

~ohllieils Stlch assoditltll.polassdlll! ca]-

citlm, and nlaglleMnn} Dr Sib’erman and

hi., assistant, l"[ah~c Muno,’. l/a~e f~ul~d

that there is a strong as~.ociati<.m between

the electrical cor~ductilit’, and relative~$

big}? soditln+~ add caicitlHi ill ioi[s frOlll

the sloping ’~alle) baxins. Ilul there is

pt,or correlation betl~eetl rite electrical

co£ducli’,iU, and in :~odhnn and calcdnr~ill ~,OILII[OrlS from rock, OT the siopitlg

wall> tll" xalle3 s, TIlls rq~al5 be a method

of delernTinmg ~,;helller other planet~

such :r, Mars ever bad water on them

4

Page 2

,t

Message from the Men of Jupite" The Director

Pioneer I0 Project

National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration

Hotaston

Texas

U.S.A.

~’Dear Sir:

" t was more than a little surprised,

on 3rd December, ’,o read in ~:he News-

papers that something called Pioneer Xwas hoping, that night, to navigate

extremely dose to us ha JUPITER. This

additional collision hazard during our

crossing of the, already Tanker-crowded,

Oman Sea occasioned me sufficient anxi-

ety l\lr me to instruct my Officers of the

Watch to call me shotdd Pioneerapproach to within el.000 roiled. In tim

event, however, nothing was siDhted and

I wondered whether perhaps you had

been misinformed about our position. Atmidnight on 3rdi4th December. JUPI-

TER was at zero all[tilde in position

25°N, 57!_,°E on a course of 145°,

speed 18

" This Pailure *o rendezvous must, I

lear, be attrib~tted to a breakdown in

communications as we had no idea thaiyoLa were looking for us Nor did we

realizethai yon were carious about our

appearance and make tip and about our

life and habits on board. On a~ least one

of the points raised by the Newspapers 1can put your mind immediately at rest. I

gather that you are puzzled by the red

glow which emanates from us. This is

caused by our red, all rotand, anti-

collision ~ight which is g, ennanentl~

showing from the lop of our mast.

" As enclosures to this letter, 1 haveattached a couple of photos whictl, on

the one hand. show an overall impression

of oar little world and. on the other.

"HMS Jupiter"

No. 10 2,’z, Gss

show the life species on board.

" Our colony is a male one and one

might be forgiven for drawing an analogywith a Bee Hive. Unfortunatety, how-

ever, there are no females on board and

1l/e Queen Bee like person arou13d

wbonl all the others seem to bttzz is. in

fact, the Captain. The reproductive

arrangements and the pe~etuation of

the species are not dissimilar to those of

the Salmon and Sea Trout. Tile inhabi-

tant~ of JUPITER lay their" eggs tap the

great rivers and estuaries and then go off

into the oceans for a 9 montll gestation7period. JUPITER’s favour[to rivers are

the Tamar and the So,eat and most oI

our yotlng have been hatched oat in t~te

vicinity oi their" banks and tipper

reaches. Occasionall). the vagaries of sea

life force JUPITER *o take mflige up

unfamiliar rivers and even thongh (orsortie wtna]d say bccailsel severa~ tiwu

sand miles away fronG the honle river.

Dress codefor the menfrom Jupiter

;gv.20k a~S 7Z Dress

Editor’s Note: This letter from

"The Men of Jupiter ’~ was recently

received by bran Miller. Chief of

the Public Affairs Office (PAOL

The letter was originally sent to

,Johnson Space Center shortly after

the Pioneer spacecraft encountered

the planet Jupiter. dSC routed the

letter to Ames’ Pioneer Proleet

Office which in turn sent it to PAO.

It was decided that it would be fun

to share ~t with atl Ames em-

ployees since we are all so fam-

iliar with Pioneer/Jupiter.

spantaraeous nlating has been knowtltake place¯

" After a couple of years in JUPIT[:I

mdMdnal inhabitants are astla[ly pret~:

burn[ Ok~t and replacements tire dra~

from parent colonies up the Riv;rTamar and Solent. In this manner. I1~

population rc’mahis slabll: at lWO hur

dr,:’d and fffly odd.’<" 1 hol;e thai nly cominents will hcl

to clarify tile situation t\w yett and

wotdd suggest that, il you have another querws aboul JUPITFR, $0~

should write to me. At the price of

Airmail stamp, this mav be a compa

tively economL way of getting the in1,,:.

mat[or1 and [ hope []lli~ toil have II~:

Spell[ nltlch more thatl this aanollnt ;pursuing the alterrlalive avenue o! Pi.

nee[ 10.Yours sincerely,

Commander J.P.

Royal

Mariner lOmanswer

mysiermsDoes Merckl% have an altnosphen

How inctch hydrogen is tllcreY Ho~ b,:

is the pkinet’s snrlace?

Definitive answer,, shm4d be su{p~ied b]~ two scienlific iilstrnmet!c:

aboard Mariner l0 which will fly by ~i:

phtnet on March 29

The reported presence of hydroge

:it Mercury coklld be confirmed by Mar

nee a~ltraviolel il;Strnlnents. Temperlures Of tile snrt’aee crust will by i~1c.

s~fred by the itflrared radiometer

Both experiment~ disclosed inipmtan[ new data aboLtI genu~ ear]~,

FebruaD as Mariner passed thehistory’~ firs! twoqManel mission by

single spacecraft.Mariner 10. fir-,t "~pacecraft aiinec!.

Mercury. i> primed to per|twln so’.,scientific experiments, inclc~ding sn.~p

ping sonic 4.000 IV pictLtre:~ I:,<March 23 tt:ro~agh ApTi113

()lit.’ of tllC more chal]ellgillg sol,’

tific goals will be verified by tilt’ extrcr,

k~ltraviolet experime~ql cEU\"t ofSoviet Union’s reported discowr~, <,:

thin atmosphere of hydrogen" cxtendu!

375 ini~es oUt frorn Merck~r>l’he firm evidence of an atn’n~spiqcr:

at lbc sniallesl planet was reported {;J’:mtmdi tFebrnary, 10741 by Profc,<’

Nikolai A. Kozyrev of lhe USSR. tte -.:,::

spectral analysis al a (’rimean obscr",elory disclosed a }ugh almosphere ,-:

posed mainly of a lighl gas sadhydrogen.

From Earth, Mercury’s bottesl

trace temperature has been figured,550" F. its coldest near 300° F. By b,,l’

U.S. and Soviet space probes.temperature has broil meas~ared

900° F, independenl ot lime ot da~

latilude on the planet.

Mercury is twice as close to the $

as Velltls. but thick layers of clotsd

arnllnd Verms retain the heat of the Su,

by a process described as tile "’gr~’chouse e ffc’ct."

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MajorAlbum

joins CenterSoldering training

A limited number of students bill

Major ALbum just arrived at

NASA-Ames. He is the first Air

Force officer to be assigned to this

Center under a new Air Force/

NASA agreement by which officers

will work with NASA engineers and

scientists on important cooperative

programs that directly support Air

Force flight vehicle technology¯OU alld i

have amiThese officers will remainassignsd

FR. }’!

dee ol .;Ill to the Air Force and under itssupervision, but they will act in

co]upc : i

the inh,: engineering and management eap-

llavl2 lit :: acities on supporting N%SA pro-

mount : grams. In addition, they will pro-

w of Pi vide the key contacts by which re-

sulks of these N \SA progr:nns will

be transittoned into use by the ~.irGUTInI::a

Force.tl Nay3 "

Phis is the first N\S..\ Center

where this new means of utilizing

N\S\ capabilities has been initi-

tted by the :\Jr Force Systems

Comnmnd.

.it the current time. Major \l-

bum is offk?mlly designated as Chief,

Flight ~,ehicle Technology tiff ice.

I’rototype Division, Air Force Flight

i}ymm’dcs Laboratory (-\FFDI~}, Air

Force Systems Command (:\FSC}.

Chapman

have an opportunity to meet NASA sol-

dermg standards the highest in the

area thTough this six-week course held

at Ames.The course i~ designed both h!r

adk~Ils already i]1 tl~e eleclr(mics md~4;rW

and for those preparing ior emph~ymeni.

Classes wil~ be held Monda}s,

Wedllesdays. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to"

no<re. The first meetnlg wi]l be held

M<mda$. March 25 atna.m a~d~eAmes

Lohb3 tBuilding 2COl.

A S!6 f,ee is payahb al registration.

Studcnt~ shoLdd register earl} ffeb-

phone 967-7q86. Mnuntahq \eic~ High

School Adult Education

BLOODMOBILEMARCH 22

9-12AUDITORIUM

"Thank you"

Sincerclb .

Boll) l’h oln :-t." 1~

Reorganization announced

q

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.... J ..... , ]

1 ’t-’

k 2_. r .. L.< ,: ~ ,. ,5,

L_

~-llUld [L3 seF~’e a~ Director of the Marshall

(-enter tln[il earl 3 s’anlmer to oversee~rgar]iz;ltio;! and per_>ont]eI chalGges no~¸

’.:rider ~a.x ;~t that installation.Dr John Naug]c has been named

Dcpt:b Associate Admini>Irator. Dr

N:tt]gle i~ pre~en~]) the Associate Admin-

>m~t~,r ic): Space 8cience ai~c! ’ai[l ,.ciso

~or!til’4~e acling in lhat role iH]td a st:c

~eS>OI !~ ]lalllL"d

NASA al~o anlleur]ced tile ere<ilion

,,t a hey, p[)sl The A~ociate Admini>-~rator ior (¢nlcr Operahun~. %Q]O %~i]J be

re,pc!bible R~F Agencb-~id¢ planning

:rod direction of re>onrces and ucrr,~ties

:~! the NASA field iRslalialJo]l? Thedirector, of the ter. r,,~aior NAS:\ field

instatklti~m, will reporl [o lh¢ A,~ociate

Adnl/!qi,Riloa tc~r CeNIeT Operations

These il!slallal~ens :ire the Ame~

Re,ear,’h Ce:;ter. },hH[eT, Fled. Cahi.:[hghl Re,catch Center. Edx~ard>. Calif.

Goddard Space Flight(cnter Grecl:beh.

Md. Jr<’ Prol~Idsaon L;~b~lraE~o .ontruc-tot oper:acd iacilil)ill P3saLtel/a. Calif

Je]m,cu Space (enter. Houslon. ]ex.:

Kenn(’d). Space Centc]. Flu Langlc3ReSL’,LI"ch Ccnaer l~a]l]pl,.)]3. Va : Le~s

Research (cruet. Cleveland. Ohio: Mar-shall Space Fligh’. (’enter. ttuntsvilIe.

*k!u. and V, .illope, SLilitm, \a.. Prior It\

Ihe chalice, these insta]]atioll~ reported

to designMed }]eadq,.larier_-. lns[hutional

di! ec! Or’,

Dr. (,corgc M. Lm~, N~.SA Dcpub

-\dmmisln/ter. wil! ,eric u~ Acting ~.sso-cLilc Adnlin~stralor for Cemer Opera-

I{ol~s Llrltil ;] perr~nliler7[ appoillhl~elll has

CAREFUL OF BATSOIk:e agAm. rabid bats have heel1

~ighled Jl~ "qlFieLLS >CCIIOI]~, OI Santa ClaLI

(’OLUlI~

A W~lTd of WaTllillg COllie ~, el’OH1Allle~ Salcl 3 Of FiceL John t£1berme~, er.

"Plea~0 do17’i [OLICh all} ha[s }Oli rl]a}.’

~ee. Rabies Call bO easily. COillaclt.d -

It an> bats me b~ chE]1CC ~.eell al

:{I11CS. please Ilolii} the Sat’et} OIflce atcSl. 5602 c)1 5000; off (’enter pte;tse

COIlt3Cl Neil Bohn,’t. ChieI of (’OtlIII~,

Ailinlal Conlrnl. Satlta Clara (’otin~:

lteal~h Dcparlillenl. al ]q--]b.~0.

exi. 287.

(Continued from Page l)

been made. Mr Ed~in C. Kilgore.

Deputy Associate Admini.,trator for

Aerenautics and Space Tech]lolog~

IManagemenH will assisl Dr. Lo~ in the

ne~ office ona fulbldneSasisdurP:gthe

interim penodDr. Fletcher said the change~ were

made as a resu/t of the compbtion o~Apollo and Skylab. and ihe transi’don ~o

’,11¢ ~pace program~ tor the remainder oflh~ ~9"r0> and irdn the lqS0’s. The new

c~rgankation wd] provide the needed

111 e chanisnls ~OF The phasce~ er fronl

~O!l~ellliOna[ Jattl]C!i vehicles :o the8pace ShuHle. and [o the p<,kmds

winch ~ill make use o~ the Shl~ttb. Althe same lime. the ne~ organization ~i]l

provide for a more dynamic interaction

with NASA’-, field center, and thereb$

~ith NASA, people 1he engineers

ScterltlMS arid managers v, ho arc the ke~

to NASA> succesb

Bo[h the As, ociate Administrator

and 1he Associate .%dnl]nislrator for

Cenler Operations wil] report to the

AdministratorAb, o an!lounced effective March 15

,*ere {he appoinnl~ents of Mr. Bernard

Mordz a* Associate Admimsrruter fer

OFg:lnL?al]o!! a]ld Marlagenle!ll al]d Gen

Bruce t-]o]h~x~a 3 as Acting Associaie

Adlll iEisl FL] 1or for Aeronau tks and Space

Technok~g5 IG,en HolIm~a} ~/I] nedcolltll]lle Io sene it] his presen! position

of As-:i:-t.ml kdrninistr;itor for DOD andh~leragenc3 Affairs.

Di. ’~i!liam R. Lucas. Depu<, D~rec

1or ol the Marshall (e!1~er ~i]/ become

(’erllel Direc[er tr! o;![’] 5 5LIml]tCT ~]1011

l)r PeTro]~c expecls 1o me~ c to ~.!shing-

Ion on a h:ll-tdne b;Isi>

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;,>~ ~: ~ r. \i~ : :. ~_! . ,- .~

I -~,,~i ¸ : ~h~ ~;IL.~ ¯ i :i~I: ,,..

Page 4A

Speakers BureauDuring the time that they are at Ames.students in the Ames/Foothill WorkEngagement Program attend seminarspresented by Ames scientists and engi-neers on a variety of the researcb activi-ties at Ames. During this winter aca-demic quarter, the students heard thefollowing seminars, arranged by Rid1Lenhart, Instructor/Coordinator for theprogram at Ames: William Jones (Com-putation Division), *qlliac IV. World’sLargest Computer,’~ January.’ 23: HaroldHornby (Systems Studies Division),"Assessment of Research and Develop-ment hnpael on the National Economyand Energy Futures." Janua~31:Hermilo Gloria tEquM OpporttmkyOffice), "’Air Pollution Modeling,"February 8; He~’ey Quigley (STOLResearch Aircraft Office), "AugmentedJet-STOL Research Aircraft." Febru-ary ~ I: LI. Co]. AI WoMen (as reportedpreviously, on FebmaD’ 19); and CharlesJackson (Flight and Systems Research),"’Advanced Avionics for General Avia-tion," February 27,

Dr. R. T. "’Bob" Jones (Senior Scientist)will describe his antisymm.etrical wingaircraft research to the Ei Camino RealChapter of the Air Force Association attheir meeting on March 15.

on the Pioneer-Jupiter mission for parti-cipants of the 12th Annual RegionalScience Fair, being held at WhartonCounty Junior College. The program willbe March 29

Henry Lum (Systems DevelopmentBranch) was guest speaker for the Moun-tain View Lions on Marcia 6. His presen-tation was entitled "Forest Fire Predic-tion via Satellite."

AngeLo Margozzi (Earth Science Applica-tions Office) discussed the general fieldof NASA’s work in earth resources forthe Pale Alto Sertoma Club at its meet-mg on March 5.

Robert "Skip’" Nunamaker (DeputyManager. Pioneer Project) updated theLos Altos Kiwanis on the Pione"er- Jupi-ter mission at the group’s meeting onMarch 5.

Dr. Kenneth Billman /Ass’t. Chief. Phys-ical Gas-Dynamics and Lasers Branch}delivered an invited semiear to thePhysics Department. University of Cali-fornim Berkele,,, on January 2t. Thetitle of the seminar was "’X-Ray LaserResearch."

Jerry Barrack (STOL Research AircraftOffice) has been asked to present program on "Augmented Wing Jet STOLResearch Aircraft" at California StateUniversity/San Jose. The March 26 pro-gram, sponsored by San Jose State’sAero Club, will be open to ai[ studentsand faculty

On March iS, Meredith Moore (Editor ofthe ASTROGRAM and Employee Devel-opment Specialist) will talk to studentsat Homestead High School in Cupertinoabout the high school exploratow work-experience program at Ames.

Dr. S.N. "Sy" Stein (Guest Scientist)will present a lecture on March 18 atFoothill CoItege. The lecture, open tothe public, is sponsored by the Elec-tronics Museum at Foothill. Sy wil~ dis-cuss medical electronics of the spaceprogram.

Betty Baldwin (Theoretical StudiesBranch) will present two seminarsessions at the American Association ofUniversity Women’s conference held inSaratoga on March 16. Betty’s seminarsarc eniitled "’Technology Benefits You."The all-day program is sponsored by theLos Gates-Saratoga Chapter of theAAUW.

On March 28. George Nothwang (Int-egration and Test Manager for the Pie-neer Project) will discuss the Pioneer-Jupiter mission for members of the SanFemando Valley Section of the Amer-ican Society for Quality Control. Theprogram is part of the section’s ob~r-vance of "’Califoroia Quality Week."

Johl~ "lack’" Dyer (Chief of MissionAnab’sis for the Pioneer Projecu willtravel to Texas to deliver a presentation

GOLFWinners of the first two Ames Gol~

Club Tournaments:San Ramon National Golf Course,

San Ramon, on Febuary 9: Ist Flight:1 - L. Welsh, 2- O. KoontL 3 - R Eddy.3 - G. Lazzeroni ttiek 4 - F Lazzerom,4 - D. Banducci. 4 - T, Alamluelao (tiek2nd Flight: 1 - C Eddy, 2 - M. Radovich,3-MWalsh, 4-E. Magee. 5-D. Davis,6 - E. Mitz: 3rd Flight: I - E. Watson.2- B. Gray, 3 -W. Hurley, 4- R. Dowell,5 - K. Brock, 6- E. kevin.

Spring Valley Golf Course, Milpitas.on February 23: lstFlight: 1-O.Koontz. 2 - A. Petretti, 3 - G. Lazzeroni:

2nd Flight: 1 -C. Turnbill. 2- D. Gra-ham. 2 - E. Magee Itiel: 3rd Flight:1 - D. Davis, 2 - B. Scott, 2 - E. MenefeeItie): 4th Flight: 1 - M. Kelley. I - M.Walsh late); 2 - T. Nelan.

There is still time to j,oin. We have1 i more tournaments between now andDecember. For more information, callClark White. ext. 5438, or Donna John-son, ext. 5336.

AIAA to meetR.T. Jones to speak

"From Biplanes to Oblique-Wing7/7," will be the subject of Dr. R T.Jones’ il]ustrated lecture at the March28, 1974, meeting of the San FranciscoSection of the American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronantics at Rick’sSwiss Chalet in Pale Alto. Members andguests are welcome to attend the Lectureat 8:00 p.m., preceded by a sociM hourat 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m. F~rdinner there is a choice of New Yorksteak at S7.25 or Sauerbraten at $5.75,including tax and lip. For reservationsplease call Helen Drew at ext. 5397before March 26,

WANT ADSTransportation1967 Mustang V8.3 sp, stick shift, mag.wheels, air shocks, new brakes. $1,475,,20 MPG. 948-5968

1969 Javelin, good condition, built-intape & radio. $1,000. or best offer Ca~l279-1716

I968 Mercury, 2 dr, hdtp, power str., aircond., good condition. $625¯ Call x6052 or 255-1168

ACECOURSES START APRIL i,

Ames boatersA course m boating safety and basic

seamanship will be held for six weeksbegbming March 25 at Fremont HighSchool in Stmnyvale.

The courses, presented by ":he CoastGuard Auxiliary. wil[ feature 12 sessionson Mondays and Wednesda) s from 7 to9:30p.m. Subjects to be covered wiltinclude rules of the road, legal responsi-bilities, aids to navigation, charts andcompass, marlinspike, sailing, weather.and other topics Registration will takeplace at the first session. A small chargewill be made for registration and textmaterials For more information, callGeorge De Young, Ext. 563q.

SOFTBALLAnyone in|crested in playing on the

NASA-Ames softbaE team contact MikeGreen x6079.

1965 Rambler Classic V8 Cony., AT. PS,

PB, R&H. booker seats~ good tires, very.clean, $325. Colhrd, 969-0217

H(xxsin9FOR RENT: 2 homes, big yards, appli-ances. 2 bedrooms. Mt. View, $235/mo:3 bedrooms. 2 baths, Sunnyvale,$245/mo. Call 732-7492.

FOR RENT: South Tahoe Cabin, sleeps8, 2 baths, w/w carpet, central heating.fireplace, 225-8043.

MiscellaneousOLYMPUS PEN FT I,~2 frame. SLRw,/25mm & 150mm lens. Excellent con-dition. $180. or offer. 86%5728.

BROWNING OVER-UNDER SHOT-GUN, 20 ga., 3 inch magnum, mod. full.grade 1. excellent condifima. Present costapprox. $650. Sell for $425. 263-1873

Simmons double bed box spring andmattress. Excellent condition $75._4. -I 176

Genuine silver and tnrqutds jewelry.handmade by Navajo indians Wholesaleprices. Lewis. 257-1921, after 5:30.

LOS’[: Ladies Jade Ring. Bright yellow"’chinese gold’" scroll work band. Stoneis oval light colored Jade. Sentimentalvalue. Lost in or around Bldg. 203. Iffonnd please contact Donna Ray, Fiscal,x5316. Reward.

WANTED: Stnall dog house. Call374-1236 after duly hours.

WANTED: Women (21-?t for ALL-WOMEN Softball team in Mt. ViewWomen’s League Contact Judy Bell,Ext. 5381.

r9Commute s CornerHaving no success in locating a

oar pool? Well maybe the followinglocal transportation might be ofinterest to you:

The Castro/Evelyn intersection

(near Man. View S.I-. Depot) served by County Transit Bus No.

42. One "Westbound" bus leavesKaiser Hospital at 7:00 a.m..West

on Homestead to Wolfe (7:09 a.m.).then via Reed, Fairoaks & Evelyn,

through downtown Sunnyvale, endingup at Man. View S.P. Depot at

7:37 a.m. After work the return busleaves S.P. Depot at 4:19 p,m.

From the other direction. No.42

leaves Foothill College at 7:05 a.m.via Et Monte to El Camino & Castro(7:18a.m.) and down Castro to Man.

View S.P. Depot at 7:21 a.m. Afterwork, the return bus leaves S.P.Depot at 4:52 p.m.

Another bus, No. 43, leavesPhileo Ford plant at 6:52 a.m., viaMiddlefield and California Streets,

and arrives at EL Camino Real andCastro Street in Man. View at7:09a.m. From theotherdtrection,the bus leaves Fremont and Grant

Roads at 7:21 a.m. and arrives atEl Camino Real and Castro Street

at 7:33 a.m. After work, the returnbus leaves El Camino Real at4:43 p.m., arriving at Phileo Fordat 5:00 p.m. In the other direction,the bus leaves El Camino Real at4:16 p.m., and arrives at Fremont/

Grant Roads at 4:26 p.m.

If there are employees who areinterested in these routes, please

call 5668. If sufficient utilization isassured, a shuttle bus service will

be considered from Ames to theMtn. View S.P. Depot, GreyhoundBus Depot, and the bus stop at ElCamino Real and Castro Street.

Route Maps and schedules of theCounty System can be obtained at

the ARA Store.By September 1974. the Transit

District expects to have a new greatly

expanded bus system in operatimwhich will service Ames with one

scheduled bus line, as well as :~specialized dial-a-bus service. In-

formation on this new system willappear in the Astrogram before in-

auguration of the new service.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration * Ames Research Center. Molfetl Field. California

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Pioneer 11 to be retargeted to SaturnNASA will change the course of Pio-

neer ~l to make it skim withhl42,000kin (26,000nliles~ of Jupiter,the~l fl~ back across the solar s~<st,em o]~an extended five-year trip to Saturn.

Tile L’ours¢ change is calculated toprovide invesltgators with much betterdata on Jupiler lhan would have beel~possible from a repetition of the 1073Pioneer l O mission.

Pioneer 30 i%.w pasl the equatorialp{3rtlun of Jupiter last December at a dis-iallc¢ el" ]3].O00knl fR].lJO[}lniles}.[akH~g photograph., and irlaking

in L’a S tlrl.’m c i1 t N

()In it~ ncg COLlrSe. Pl<nleer [ [ uill

pass the giant planet ck~er lO the polar

rcgm!7, ccweriIlg a lllLtCh v. ider r;mge o!

]aliiude~ and conung three ~}lnu5 C!(~%el

[}ltlq JlS predeces’~or(Olltrci~lerh lit Ames ui]] Con/nq:lIld

!he firing el Pioneer 1 1 ~ tlirtt~le~ taR: m

March or all mid-April to make lily

,.OLJrse change

~" he cha;lgc in vPk,cd), ~ ill s)o’a the,pacccrall. blingJm!g it Io withul42,000 kn! 120.(100 mi~eM t)i J[lpltc;s

handed cloud top, t3n l’)c’ccmbcI ": PM-Hec’r wH! clpprt};ich l!lt" p}cllle~ IrOllG

btM~ Jupiter’~ xouih poR’ ther~ bc

pillled nlpidl], upward b) .lupiter’s emir

TJIOL~ gravil} Ullcrse~ting Jup!~er, ct~zia

tt,rial plklne al ;111 angle of 55 degree~,

The spacecrail wi}] lhen exiI irom Jiapl!,’;1 we~/ above 1be planet’s llor[h pod

The close approach It)Jupiter ~il1~pcvd up 1be ~pa, c~ r,lit 1~t

I-5.{JO0 klnhr ; ] 10.O(10 nll:ib)¯ R’[atGet~ fin: planet ]his speed, pie, fiR’ high:iltgl{ > (IS clpproa<h h’ lht’ di’,uhkc r:tdiPlion hell>, qtould bring Pl(uleel Ihrc+ug}!Jtlpi~wr’~ l!liit + el intense ~adialltll] ~,CY}

rapidl$ It is hoped ilia1 1his ~itl redLicC[lit CLt!TIUI;IIJ~U r~14.]ia[iliH do’,c [el ~-p:lCe

t PLII1 s~.slt’ms [O ac~.ept,llq¢ limit~ If Pio-

l/~’c’r II can S[ll~.lVc lh~s passage il ui]i

nleasnre 1he thickne~ ~l Jtlpller’s radialion belt atld p:B.c tiT.<, wa~ lot iulurc

J,!~:Llrl c}[-]~ilHlg I]liSSiorl5 philnwd forI%1

Under the rwu plan. Ph/llt.’c’l ] ] ;tdlf[} H/ lrollt of JtlpJtcr {lo lilt" lcfl a~ cecn

[lnill l’.all]l) ;l~ it inoxe~, /Ii it~ oH)il The

~P,icecri]ll will then pas~ behind flwp];tnc’l c’merging on Jilpilels r]ghl s~dc.

\ [1]I SIILI1 a passagt,, Jupiter s gravll) and

brhllal lnotion v, ill kill sDInc O! PioneL’i’~

docil:c, putlmg i[ mio :i looping orbil:~’&*rd the opposlle side of file ~olar

i)qe,n "l’hi~ will first bring Pioneeli nside Jupiter’s billitln-lnile-dklntelerrbil. then far out beyond Jupiter’s orbilnti] It IIIlersccls ~atklrll"s orbil andllco[lrilers the rlngcd pknlc’l.

If the, cotlrge-cb~lllge malleLlvel lS

Jc’Ce~,sfII]. Piollecr I I ;,,’ill Ical’h S;iillrrl

Septelnbt, F IO7{} 6-1’2 years ;ll’lt’l il~,

itrtch. This is ’*ell beyontl tilt’ spact>-

rafl’s design lifetime, but there is a la{rossibility thai it will be at least partially

operational arid able lo relurn data

1he added bonu~ el a Saturnel’~c{~Lt!l~er could provtd~, pre]Jnli~iaDd:~t;l (33~ such things as lbv planeI> radl:~-

Iml~ belts, tf an:, lbc natt~Fe {~fil, rings.

its heat environment, and other phenom-ena. If Pioneer’s ~maging system ~on-lilll~ev to ILInction. it cotJJd return mart’>

lirsl close Lap vie~s el Saturn3 and its

Fangs

McKenzie receivesH.Julian Allan award

The I1 J~t[t:n! AIlan A~ard wa,,,.>~labii~bvd in !(}!~ c~ to recogluzt- Oitl-~,[LIIldlllg ,.ciel!lifi. :nRI their!termspaper-, at!lhored b[, rllenlber,, ~.~I I}1~,

Arnea statl [a~h )ca~ the ax~a~d ~> pro->gilled alollg ~ith an honoiartL4in tq

St.()()[) the paper EJgc d be,, 1 b) t he

Award ( o[nnl~|lee.

Based ot7 lilt’ lcCOmlyiciIdaltoti ot

the Aaard (lnnlllnllce Dr [tall, XlL~rk..~[71~2k DlTe~tcl[. tt’CCell]~. :lflIlUtlHCed lhal

the !o’4 i1 Julian hllam Auard uil] 1,cpresented lo},lr Rol~erl L McKcnzic forhi* paper entitled "’l)lalcmlic Gasd; ndlni~ La+~t’rs ’

"lilt award and lilt hunorarium ;~ illbe prest.llled lo lilt’ ~thlllel in conittrlc-

lion with a pro:~enlaIitnG tq hi~ pal, er Io

the (enter ~taH ,m AI,ri! 5 .1I 3 p.m lhe Illaitl at/dllolikL;11

Noise AbatementProgram Award(;e~rge Schwind. Uniled Air Lines

Program Director lot the B-’2"’D{’~T’,~:i]-Seglnenl Noise ,’~lbatclncnl Pro-grant, was asvarded the ;nmtlal United

An Lines Mainlenallct’ and OperationDwision .-%~ard lot otllstanding perfor-

nlaln.L’ in dirccling the NASA-lunded

noise ab;ilemcJlt progranl~. Sci~wDld

re~cJved his award Tuasda:,. Feb-mad 20. lq74 in Chicago al Ibe annualUnited ,&ir Lines Awards ceremony.

Commuter’sCorner

Somo qt]l.’%tK);~S ba\e :~r]sen regard-1!U2 [hc lnlpact ~[ participatlon in c:lr

pools on HldB]dt~a] i11stiFan<e pobcies .4Nt~tc]nber !0"3 release Item tbc [nsur-

ante [nt,m~atk~n instittllC which speaks

for Ihe JndLIs[F) . ~on~ernJng this impeltanl SLab(eel is qtto~ed. It is a!~o stlg-gesled That employees advise their irlstlr-dHJC 3 ~e’lts or v onlp3 hies el theirparticJpali(~l~ m car pools in order that~crage ma> bc adjusted wherereqmred.

¯ ’~’~ ill1 grenville l~atio]lal center1!

o~ er the possibiiiil, el gas{qine ratR~nillg.

th.,e inleresl ]n Sal poo]~ tel "~ork and

school >, reaching il> highest point since

World V, ar I].

"’Joining a cal poe,! can bc a con-

~e31icIIce and a [iItle alld nlone% sa%eI

as ’.~el! ;is a Wt~ O{ irllpToYing the qLlabt’)

Of OLtF al"- bul nlan% people arc re]llctal]l

to etln2F such arF;tl!~c111ClGt~,

"The) fear the) will cxpose them-sches tD a lawsuil which WOII’I bc

coot’reel b~, lheir regtllar ;tLl~O insLtrance"The Instirance liIfornlatiorl itlsti

lille advises thai. ill Items of hlsllPJRccC o’,eragc, car peelers probabl.,, havenothing Io ~OFry abotlt However. a lex~words cq cautiot’, and explanal~on are moFdeT.

"InsLITaIIC( > on a pritatd) i~’~,lled.

pool-shared ~ehicle is placed m eopard$Olll? if lhe pool i:~ operated for :[ profitIll the siltlatR)n where t’~er$ OllC i11 lhe

pool uses his car an equal alnomlt Oi

iiule lhe~e is. of course, no problenl

"The problem most often ariseswhen one of the car pool participantsdoes not share in the driving chores andthus pays a regular fee.

"Medical payments is anotherimportant coverage. If written withlimits of $ t.000, each person i~ the carcan receive up to $1,000 for medicalexpenses incurred within one year of anaccident regardless of who is at fault.The Institute emphasizes that becausethe dollar limits applies ~o each passen-ger separately, there is no need toincrease lhe limits m order to cover addi-tional passengers.

-ProperD damage liability coverage.which protects the motorist againstclaims res~dting from damage to otherpeoples property, is not likely to beaffected by involvement in a car poo~since the number of passengers wouldnot ordinarily contribute to the amountof property damage done by the car inan accidenL"

"To preserae ]nst~rance coverage.the institute points o’41. any car pool teeshould not be more tban Hie ~air share o~the ga~. oil and general depreciation onthe car A simpler wa_~ for the nonshar-ins passengers to reimburse the poolmembers is to give a gift sometime dur-i4g the year :o the drivers.

"q[h/s divorcas the concept of "fee"from the prMlege of riding in a car pooland lea~e- the insurance protectionintacI.

"’In t]~e case of car pools mvoh, ingchildren, the lnsthute stresses the ampor-tahoe of wearing seat bells no~ only toprotect the children in ~he case of ai;accident blot also to pre’,ent the kind ofantics that might distract the driver%atte;~ion

¯ "Once a car pool participant is con-xinced b*s regular auto insurance is valid.}1[> llext concern is rhe amount of co~er-

age he has."He sboLdd consider bodib Injury

Iiab]ltt) coverage ~ilh high limit>.accolding to the tnstitule, since lh]s iS,ahal protects hiln against c]31m> ~.~lllCh

other~ mcladmg his "pool’" passengerscalt brJltg against him a,’ter an

accident"’A> at1 eNanlplc, s:t~s tllt’ ]rlMitute.

]ilnils of $300.0t}0<$500 OO0 u, otlld pro-vide up lo $300.000 coverage for oneill(tie5 in an accident with a $500:000per accident limit ""

D rect0r’s reportDr. Hans Mark, Ames Director,

delivered his Annual Report to the

Center to Ames’ organizational di-rectors and deputy directors, di-

vision and braneh chiefs, on March11 in the auditorium. The test ofhis speech is printed, in full, on

pages two and three of t~is issue.

4Page 2

Five years is something of a milestone. It is a reasonable fraction of the Center’shistory as well as of my own life, It is a time for reflection and I am ve~’ pleased to

have tile opportunity to be here and to share some thoughts with you on thisoccasion.

When 1 spoke before this group for the first time five years ago, nay main themedealt with the negative public attitnde toward techi~ology that existed at that time. Ithas been this negative atmosphere that has dominated the political situation in whichwe have operated for the test five years. The circumstances created by public opinionto which i refer led to the reductions-in-force that we have had to face and to thevery restricted budgets under which we have operated,

Are there changes on the horizon? I believe that there are. 1 believe that theanti-scientific and anti-technological trends m thinking that were current five years

ago happened to coincide with the early signs that our resources and our environ-ment are indeed finite. After some disputes and some vet’3,’ interesting public debate,I believe that it has finally been recognized by the public at large that the search forthe new techniques to deal with the situation of finite resources is absolutely essen-

fial. This, in turn, has created a resurgence of interest in technical subJt~cts. Forexample, it is significant that engineering enrollments in our schools and colleges areno longer declining precipitously as they did five years ago. In the latest issue of"Engineering Education," the journal of the ASEE published figures that show slightenrollment increases in the freshman classes of major engineering schools. Indeed,these figures show that engineering enrollments are increasing fairly rapidly relativeto those in other nonscientific or engineering areas. However. I should quickly addthat the interest in engineering today seems to be somewhat different from the onethat prevailed in technical universities 20 to 25 years ago when many of us receivedour technical educations. In those days we were optimists, and we felt that allproblems ultimately had some good technical solution. We are probably not as opti-mistic today, but perhaps we are somewhat more discerning. Probably the bestdescription that l have been able to find of the new way of thinking is illustrated bya quote from a recent book. "What is Science For?" by the distinguished Britishbiologist and journalist, Dr. Bernard Dixon:

"It is, of course, fashionable in some circles to suggest that the type

of questions we have discussed arc all short term and partial; thatinstead of controlling nuclear weapons, we should abolish war; thatinstead of putting filters on car exhausts or taking lead out of gaso-line, we should abolish the automobile: that rather than build morepower stations, we question the basis of a society which wastesenergy on luxury’ comforts and entertainment: that developing coun-tries should be advised to remain in their "more natural" state. Suchpontifications usuaI]y come from those who have taken for grantedthe staggering benefits of science in medicine, agriculture, communi-cations, and other fields, and who are happy to continue to do so. As

with agnostics living off the moral capital of an apparently discardedChristianity. such judgments resemble the inanities of fans at popfestivals a few years ago, ferried there by technology~ clothed bypolymer science, fed by food technology, supported by medicalscience in the event of appendicitis or tetanus, listening to commer-cial music amplified by electronic wizardry, and telling everyone howmarvelous it was to create an alternative society. We should, ofcourse, question continuously the sort of society we have created andconsider radical changes, but a total redesign of society and men’sminds is simply not on ~he agenda for the foreseeable future. Mean-while, there are formidable problems that require science to solvethem and scientific choice5 to be made. Far more important than theintellectual speculation about a new Jerusalem is to insure that thecommunity at large has proper access to the decisions that are taken."

Dr. Dixon’s paragraph describes in a few well chosen words the current attitudetowards science and technology. People may not like some of the consequences oftechnology, but for better or for worse, they m~st have technology to help solve the

most pressing problems faced by the society. In that context I would like toreemphasize the last sentence of Dr. Dixon’s paragraph. Precisely because peopledistrust lechnology and its practitioners, they wil~ want "’access to the decisions." Itis this desire that will make our life as technologists, and probably also as citizens,somewhat more complicated in the future.

For the past five years, we have tended to operate in what might be called a"survival" mode, Our actions were governed to a considerable extent by a very realconcern for the survivM of our Center as a working research and development institu-tion. There is now good reason to believe that this situation has changed and that thefuture will present us with different and perhaps even more complex problems.

I am convinced that there will be more technology not less, but 1 am alsoconvinced that it wilt be more controlled and more politically influenced. People

will. indeed, have "access to the decisions." t need only cite the structure in Congres~that is being built to assess new technologies, the activities in the State of Californi~that have followed the creation of a Director of Science and Technology in the’Governor’s office~ and even the use of new technology now by certain local govern.

meals and governmental districts. These efforts are still gropmg and uncertain, but.in my opinion, they presage something new in the way we will do things. In lh~~future the premium will be on understanding political currents and, then, providingthe advanced technologies needed as a logical con~quence. As technologists, we willhave to try to stay ahead of the game in predicting what will happen. Instead oJ"survival," our problem wilt be to adapt rapidly to changing circumstances if we or,~to prosper.

Having said this. 1 suppose I am now obligated to stick out my own neck andmake some predictions. Before doing so. I should stress that the opinions I will no~state are personal ones, and that [ expect to debate them with you in the comingmonths in order to develop the appropriate posture for the Center as a whole.

Perhaps the most important new circumstances to which we will probably hay|-to adapt are changes that will be tbrthcoming in the NASA charter. There are no,xabout a dozen bills before the Congress to alter some of our missions and function,and it is probable that one or more of these will eventually become I~w. | believe th,;iit will take some time for these charter changes to come about since the Congress ’,,,’illfirst want to deal with the organization of the research and development efforts in

the area of energy use and energy production. (The reorganizations in the energ3field~ by the way, will also Lead to some important charter changes for other wellestablisbed Federal Research and Development Agencies.~ It is. therefore, somewhattoo early to tell exactly what form the NASA ci~arter changes will take, but it 1~certainly clear that we should be alert for any new opportunities that may develop asa result of snch changes. The changes I anticipate are not of a drastic nature, i do notforesee, for example, any massive new responsibilities that the Agency will get inenergy, environment, or some of the other areas that have great political pupu]aril3at the present time. Rather, 1 believe, the changes will be evolutionary~ They ma3.for example, redefine our role in aeronautics more carefiilly with respect to civil andmilitary agencies that also have responsibilities in this area. New charier change~might eke give us certain operational responsibilities that we do not nuw possess.One of the proposals, for example, would give NASA operational jurisdiction eve:earth observration satellites. Even though the charter changes that I foresee are evolL~-tionarry rather than revolutionary, they could present the Agency as well as theCenter with some very important new opportunities. I believe that the new organiza-tional structure at NASA Headquarters was partially designed to increase our flexi-bildy to meet new challenges. By clearly separating programmatic offices frum th~NASA institutions, it is quite possible that it will be easier for both to respond mot:’quickly to some of the charter changes thai I have mentioned. In the coming month,.I expect to be able to discuss with you in detail some of the changes that might bcforthcoming when 1 meet with each of you during the next round of Branch review,

What will some of the possible changes I have alluded to mean for Ames? Earb.

last year. Dr. Low asked each Center to define its primary roles and missions Mall?of you have helped to develop the material that we submitted. As you know. th:culmination of this effort was the eAST Institutional Plan that was developed b~ .~

group under Sy Syvertson’s leadership and that was issued tale last year. It might bcworthwhile for me to repeat here what we said regardmg our primary programs mresponse to Dr. Low’s request and then try and relate our plans to the possibi¢changes 1 have discussed.

As a matter of policy, we said that we would concentrate most ~,four efforts,~na few major programs where we are either already clearly in the lead |Jr where ~have an excellent chance of gaining a leading position. Specifically, we identified ~xmajor areas of excellence:

I. Short Haul Aircraft Technology: Ames has a long tradition of leadership ~rthis field. We have operating at Ames the world’s most advanced experimental i,’ishort-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the modified C-8 Buffalo. Much information h~already been gained regarding the handling qualities and the operational properties ,,Iaircraft of this kind in the current experimental program which is now about h,~IIway through its planned work, The STOLAND system has been installed on th~aircraft and will be flown in conjunction with microwave lauding system i17 :~cooperative program carried out with the Federal Aviation Administration. The juan1

Army-NASA Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft Program is wetl on its way. We have a g~lodcontractor and in the next two or three years we will work hard to create the l,,~t~experimental aircraft that the program calls for. Following that, there will be J

significant experimental flight program to thoroughly explore the flight properties elthese unique new aircraft. The Quiet Short Haul Research Program has been put il~l~the President’s FY 1975 budget and we expect eventually to have an experime~t;Jl

aircraft that will allow us to prove out this partictdar technology. Finally. we :jrc

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working hard to develop follow-on research aircraft using concepts that will bring

vertical takeoff and landing transports into being, In many of these programs, we are

working closely with military agencies who also have a strong interest in work of this

kind. I have already mentioned that the Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft is a joint

program with the U. $. Army. The Quiet Short Haul Research Program is closely

integrated with the U. S. Air Force Advanced Medium STOL Transport Program.

Finally, we expect that our work in advanced Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

will also be closely related to work in this area being done by the U. S. Navy.

II. The Art and Science of Flight Simulation: We have at Ames one of the best

facilities for flight simulation in the world. That this statement is true is attested to

by the fact that the Flight Sinndator for Advanced Aircraft now has severe schedul-

ing problems caused by the great demands for time on this machine by many other

agencies. In particular, we are working hard to accommodate the FAA and military

aeronautical organizations. Flight simulation has proved itself important in the design

ot new aircraft, investigations of modifications on existing aircraft, the certification

~f aircraft, and in the investigation of aircratt accidents. Consistent with our interest

in short and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, we bare recently asked for authori-

zation to proceed with the development ol a vertical motion simulator that will more

accurately reproduce the motions tbal such aircraft execute in takeoff and landing.

File vertical motion simulator, a projecl calling for the expenditure of 3.6 million

dollars, is in the President’s budget as a construction of facilities item for FY 1~75.

and I expect that this facility will add greatly to our capabiIit,, in the important area

~t flight simulation.

IH Theoretical FhJid Mechanics: I have spoken to you a rmmber of tinges about

the iinportancc of providing better theoretical ntodels for lbe design ol aeronautical

and space vehicles. In order to use these rm~dels in a practtca~ sense, large ne~

computing facilities are necessaD. The liliac iV. the world’s largest ten, puling faci!-

kty, is now almost in working order. We have had a number of hardware problems h/

recent month",, but nothing has ),el turned tap to indicate difficulties of a reall3

lundamental nature. ~le machine ~s now already being t~sed for calculations o~ flo~

fidds around the Space Shuttle Vehicle, and we hope thai it will shortly be

employed in the analysis of Ilow fields around other vehicles as well Tile llfiac

s?stem is now in operatkm for users for approximately one shift ever} day and we

expect that by next year it will be fult~, operational as the makior resource on lhe

ARPA network. Once that happens. ~e believe, that a nov, era in theoretical aero-

dynamics and hopefuUy aircraft design will start

IV Planetau Exph~ration with Special Emphasis on Planetar? Atmospheres:

Fhe flyby of’the planet Jupiter by Pioneer l0 tasl December v, as a major el’enl in the

history, of the Ames Research Center. Nexl December, Pioneer l l wilt fly b? the

planet, and we hope to largel tile spacecraH in sttch a u.a? that lhrt-e years later we

will be conducting a fl.sb? el tile planel Saturn In the last two year,,, we hav~,

worked hard to orierll OUT planetary esploralion program around work on planetaryatmospheres and planetary early, ". The Pioneer-Venus prniect, which is a new start in

the President’s FY tq?5 budget. 2s a result of these efforts We have recently chosen

The prime contractor for this work. and we are hoping that the project will m~t

proceed withoul an.~ farther delays. In addition to ourstudies ofplaneta D atm~>

spheres WL" ha’,e also initiated some programs dealing with tile earth’s atmospbere. In

particular, we are concerned wifll the development of models of Ihe upper atmo-

sphere and perhaps even Ihe tropasphere using the new computalinnal facilities we

have currently al our command.

V. Airborne Sciences and Applications. The successful operation u| the airborne

telescope on file (’-141 aircratl has recentl.~ been demonstrated. This e~ent is clearly

a nlilcstone m the developmenl of modern aslrouomy With the help of our friends at

NASA lteadquarters and elsewhere in Washington we have also been able to replace

Ihe Convair 0~t0 aircraft that was Iosl in the tragedy last April. We are looking

iorward to a yew active career for the ne’~ airplane smfilar to thai which the first

t?"00 enjoyed. A particular]} important facet of the work to be performed v, ilh the

flew aircralt is to simulate Space Shuttle flights in order to gel some feeling for the

kind of operational procedures that might be employed for scientific investigation:,

Finally, I should mention tile steal practical successes of our Earth Observations

Program using the two U-2 aircraft based at Ames. I have recently had a chance to

read a survey of opinions of the principal investigators usil:g the airplane and I can

assure yell tbal their comments are most itltpressive indeed.

VI. The Liie Sciences: Ames is and remains the principal Center in the National

Aeronautics and Space Adminislration for work in tile tile sciences. We ha’,e recently

corapleted a review of Ibis work with the NASA Dire~:tor of Lil\’ Sciences and I ant

confident ’[hal we will be able t,:’, maintain and even advance this position. Fven

I]tongh we are facing a reduction in manned space flight, tile Space Shuttle Vehicle

will require a great deal of research before it carl be used in a way which is con>

palible with our currerd mission mode~ I expecl that we at Ames will be deepl.~

nwolved in tiffs researL’h. We will continue Io expand and to develop our work ill thelife seiences related to aeronautics. We are planning to construct at Anles jointly with

the FederM Aviation Administration a low visibility, research facility, or fog chamber

that will help to solve some of the prohlems that have been encountered in low

sisibility landing situatmns. Finally, we will continue to work in the area dealing with

research for extraterrestrial life. I have said many times that this program is of great

importance to Antes intellectually as well as programmatically. The Viking flight in

1975 wil~ be the first actual test of some ofourinstruments in space and we are now

working to develop some logical follow-on plans to be executed after the viking

landing.

This is an impressive list and it gives us much to do. These are the areas in which

we intend to lead. This does not mean that we wilt not do things in other fields.

however, they will in general be done in support of other agencies or other Centers in

NASA that have the prime responsibility for work in other areas A good example of

a Large program of this type is our yew important work in thermal protection

systems for the Space Shuttle Vehicle. Another is our work in fire retardant aircraft

materials in support of the U. S. Air Force. and a third is our work in the field of

supersonic inlets in support of the Advanced Supersonic Transport program.

Let me say a word about the relationship between the programs 1 have jus~

outlined and the probable changes in the NASA charter that 1 have alluded to earlier

nl my talk. What is most important abont many of our primary programs, especially

in aeronautics, is that they are heavily "’user" oriented. We have existing collaborative

agreements with our major "’user" agencies and if a NASA charter change occurs that

tightens our relationsbips with these "’user" agencies, we should be in a good position

to take advantage of it. Furthermore. through our work in things like the Airborne

Sciences. we are gaming substantial operational experience that might stand us in

good stead should NASA be given some new operationaI responsibilities h is too

ear]?, to tell whether 1 am correct in these speculations but 1 think they are not

unreasonable.

Up to this point. I have dealt with philosophica~ and programmatic topics.

Obviously. l cannot leave things here. It does no good to make the right program

choices and then to find that they cannot be implemented because the institutional

resources are not present. I have said that we are probably out of the "survival’"

mode One reflection of this situation is that. for the first time in the last five fiscal

}’ears. there wil~ be no reduction in the Ames Civil Service manpower ceiling during

FY ]975. In spite of this. l believe that in the next few years, manpower and its

proper LLW wil~ be b5 far our most serious institutional problem. We simply do not

have enough people "to adequately staff all the programs we have in mind. This

circumstance was painfuIly obvious in two recent reorganizations that we conducted.

tbe creation of the Aircraft Operations Division and the reorganization of the Pioneer

Protect to do Pioneer Vem~s. In each case, legitimate functions were identified for

which no Civil Service positions were available. This obviously means that we will

have to continue to look very closely’ al all our activities and to delete some with low

priorit.s in order to make up for deficiencies in more important programs. Another

problem is l,a pro’,ide appropriate opporttmities for our younger people and to make

stare that career development steps exist even in the ~imited growth situation we are

experiencing. Unfortunately. it is obvious that v*e simply will not be able to do us

much as we weald like to, accomplish along these lines. One hopefuI sign is that the

recent organizational change at NASA Headquarters has explicitly recognized our

institutional problems b} the creation of a new position to be filled by a high level

affi~.ial who is specifically responsible for dealing with institutional problems.

Under these circumstances, it is easy to become discouraged, especially if the

stinluk~s of a "survival" situation is no longer present. You have shown in the past

five years that you have the ability to live under difficult circnmstances. In the

coming ?’ears we will face a different sel of difficulties. 1 hope veD much that you

will all fight hard for your programs and .’,our viewpoints. I pledge to you that you

will receive a fair and thorough hearing from those of us cl’~arged ’.aith the responsi-

bility for making the final decisions. However. when decisions go against you. as they

inevitabl? will at certain times. 1 ask for patience and forbearance We shotatd have

~[gorous debate but it must not beconte destructive to the general heahb of the

institu lion.

For the longer term future. 1 think we have an excellent h~tellectual t’oundation

on ’ahich to build. We have continued to maintain our high standard in fundamental

work m science and engineering. 1 am yen. pleased to report to you thai of the seven

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medals awarded for work in OAST Centers.

three were earned by Ames people Ha~I Lomax, Joan Daneltis. and Bill Mehler.

This is about twice the rate one would expect on the basis of the OAST population.

although the statistics are admittedly poor. These awards obviously show thai we are

continuing to do more than our sbare to la.~ the scientific foundation for NASA’s

l\tlure. I am also very pDased to report that R. T. Jones was honored b~, eleclion lo

the National Academy of Engineering as we][ as the American Academy of Arts and

Sciences for his signal achievements in the aeronautical sciences. As alway s, ~ is most

important that we maintain a vigorous posture in basic research and lhe names ] have

listed constitute the best evidence that we have. m fact. done so. ThL, ts the best

insurance for our continued existence as a high quality research orgamzation ht tile

fu tu rt~.

Finalb, I would like to add a few person*,.d words of thanks to all of ?ou for

your efforts in the past five years. 1 am very pleased and protad to be c, ne of you and

1 guess that at some point along about no’,,,’, l can begin to call myse/f an "’old timer"

As a resull of your work we can look forward to the future with great confidence.

Thank you. Hans Mark

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Federal Personnel Credit Union WANTBureau Council Scholarship

The AnnualMeetingoftheMeft-ett

Field Credit Union was held on Satur-

The Federal Personnel Councn day, 9 March 1974, at the Napredak Hall HousingDr. Edward Merek (Life Detection Sys-tems Branch) served as a judge for theCampbell Union Elementary School Dis-trict’s science fair held at CastlemontSchool on Saturday, March23. Edhelped judge the biological exhibits ofthe 4th through 8th grade entries.

Dr. Paul Callahan (Biochemical Endo-crinology Branch) presented a seminar atthe Calilbrnia Scholarship Federation’sconference on March 23. The all-dayconference, held m San Francisco, wasentitled "Challenge of Mankind in19842’ Paul’s seminar was appropriatelyentitled "Life Sciences Challenges in1984."

Dr. Edwin Erickson (AstrophysicsBranch/ was guest speaker for the Stock-ton Astronomical Society on March 11.Ed presented "Observations of CometKohoutek" at the society’s eveningmeeting.

On March 29, Dr. S. N "Sy" Stein(Guest Scientist) will present "’AnotherSide of the Moon" to the AmericanSociety for Clinical Pharmacology andTherapeutics at its annual meeting in SanFrancisco. His luncheon address will con-cern tile general field of space medicine.

Robert Whitten was the speaker at theMarch 15 Physics and Chemistry Depart-ment Colloquium. at the U.S. NavalPost-Graduate School in Monterey. Bobpresented "Pollution of the UpperAtmosphere by Aerospace Vehicles."

The Santa Clara Valley Science andEngineering .Fair wil! be held the firstweek ot" April at Gateway Hall at theSanta Clara County Fairgrounds onTully Road, San Jose. The Fair will beopen to the public, free of charge, from9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 4-6.

The San Francisco Bay Area ScienceFair will he held at the California Acad-emy of Sciences. Golden Gate Park. SanFrancisco. The Fair will be open to thepublic on March 30 and 31. There is a50 cenl entry lee to the building.

Special offerThe Life Sciences Library, Build-

ing 239 (basementL is preparing te sur-plus books no longer needed in thelibrary or branch library collections.

Before instituting formal surplussingprocedures, the staff wants to be certainthat all Local needs are being met. Theitems being surpklssed will he availablefor examination by Ames employees.They may seiect any titles pertinent totheir work for retention in offices orlaboratories.

Stop by the library during the weekof April t-5 and the staff will show inter-ested employees where the material is ondisplay.

Persons selecting materials arereminded that the books remain govern-ment property and may not be appro-priated for addition to private librariesor collections.

of Northern California has announ-ced the annual college level Schol-arship Award Program for 1974.At least six one-year scholarships

m the amount of $500 will be paidto the winners upon their enroll-ment in a recognized junior college

or an accredited college or univer-sity.

Those eligible must be the son

or daughter of a career civilianemployee presently employed in aFederal agency in Northern Calif-

ornia; or the son or daughter of aretired or deceased career,civilian

who was employed by a Federalagency in Northern California atthe time of retirement or death; orcurrently employed in a Federal

agency in Northern California traderthe President’s Stay-in-SchoolCampaign; or have been employeddaring the summer of 1973 underthe Summer Youth Opportunity Pro-

gram; ancl a high school senior grad-uating in January or June 1974.

Deadline for making applicationfor the scholarship is April 15.

Application forms may be obtainedby contacting Mrs. Dorothy M.

"Evans, Training and Special Pro-

gems Branch. extension 5624.

Garden club saleThe Foothill Men’s Garden Club’s

Annual Show and Sale will be Saturday,April 13, at the Rancho Shopping Centeron Foothil~ Expressway in Los Altos.Cut flowers, bedding plants, hangers,succulents, etc., will be available for pur-chase. The funds from the show enablethe FMGC (a non-profit organization) support constructive civic and youth gar-den projects in the local communities.

Conserve Librarypower

Return your library books on time, Duedate is Friday. March 29, 1974 tMainLib.’~O~3 Life Science Lib. 239-131.

* * AIAA * *The American Institute of Aeronau-

tics and Astronautics (AtAA) is national professional society with23,000 members dedicated to advancingthe arts, sciences, and technology ofaeronautics, astronautics, and hydronau-tics. The AIAA San Francisco Sectionhas 1050 members inchtding over 200Ames Research Center scientists andengineers. Currently serving as officersare Chairman Mamoru Inouye, S’IT, andTreasurer MeMn Watson. SST

Underway now is a membershipcampaign which allows Antes employeesto donaIe $10 of their first year’s duesto the AIAA/ARC Galileo MemorialScholarship Fund Contact M. Inouye,ext. 5126, for further details.

in San Jose.The business session was railed to

order by John F. Pogue. Chairman of theBoard of Directors a NASA-Ames pro-curement officer.

Reports of credit union progressduring I973 were given by John F.Pogue, Board President: Jack Davidson.Treasurer: Harold Cobmnson, CreditCommittee Chairman: Bill Hurley for theSupervisor3 Committee: and Fred G.Mayer, Credit Union Manager.

The election of Directors and com-mittee personnel was held with the fol-lowing results:

Directors elected fer three-yearterms: John F. Pogue. NASA-Ames:Rena A. Estes. Special Bemires: andEugene P Long, Simulation Exp.Branch. Ames.

Elected to the Board lor unexpiredterms were: Captain R R Hedges, Com-manding Officer, NAS Moffett Field:and Captain K Daryll Nelson, Air ForceSatellite Test Center.

--Course offered--A DeAnza College course entitled

"Racial and Cultural Minorities of theU.S." will be held on the Air Stationbeginning March 27 through June 12.The class will meet twice weekly onMondays and Wednesdays. 1430-1610.The course is an interdisciplinary studyof varied racial and cultural aspects ofAmerican socieb : the role el tile minor-it3’ groups, the nature of prejudice, andits effect upon human behavior.

-- Missing---MISSING: 2 or 3 manila loLders

tabbed "Monthly Flight Reports" fromInspection Branch (Aircraft]. Thereports cover years trom 1964 to 1971.They are originah ~ists of air Ames air-craft, monthly flight time. number ol"flights, leased and rented aircraft andother pertinent flight mformalien. Any-one knowing the k~catien of thesereports, please return to Kathy Cossey,inspection Branch. Building 211. Room250. They are very. important te man.~peopte on the Center.

GOLFWinners of the Ames Golf (’hJb

Tournament at San Jose Mtmicipal (;oilCourse, March 16, 1q74:

Ist Flight: l A. Petretti, 2 R.Hedhmd. 3 O. Banducci. 4 RSutton, 5 B. Beam.

2nd Flight: I L. Brennwald. 2J. Silver, 3 J. Bull. 4 R. Dick, 5 C.Turnbill.

3rd Flight: I B. Kelley, 2 NKrause, 3 B. Scett, 4 E. Menefee, 5

B, Nevotti.4th Flight: I R. Forrest, 2 T.

Nelan, 3 P. Strawbridge. 4 M.Kelley, 5 R. Oyama.

Co-chairmen were Fred Wirth andEarl Levin.

Next tournament Del Monte GolfCourse, MONTEREY! April 6th. There’sstill plenty of time to join if you’re notalready a member. CaLl Clark White.ext. 5438 or Donna Johnson ext. 5336.

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